Digital Film Production, BSc (Hons), with industry placement

Our Digital Film Production degree will equip you with a range of academic and technical skills relevant to technology in film. You will explore filmmaking fundamentals from screenwriting and working with actors, through to camera and lens testing and designing digital production workflows.Taught by an experienced team, you will explore the processes, practices and technologies of digital film production, enhancing your employability in the process. You will demonstrate your technical skills by planning, shooting and post-producing a range of digital films, using industry-standard practices.You will exercise a broad range of technical and creative skills with the support of the University’s cutting-edge facilities, which includes our 1,200 sq m Parkside Media Centre. There is also a focus on fundamental technical concepts, including the physics of sound and light being captured during production, as well as the tools and approaches used to do this. You will explore the techniques used to digitally store and manipulate both video and audio in post-production.We provide access to three film and TV studios including a full-height permanent green screen studio, Da Vinci Resolve colour grading suite, high-spec DIT cart for on-set colour management, a full range of production sound mixing equipment, and two Arri Alexa Mini camera kits with Xeen lenses and wireless follow focus units.Professional Placement YearThis course offers a professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, between the second and third years of your degree, and is a great way to find out more about your chosen career. Some students even return to the same employers after completing their studies.The University will draw on its extensive network of local, regional and national employers to support you in finding a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. If you do not find a suitable placement, you will be automatically transferred back to the standard, non-placement version of the course.Please note that fees are payable during your placement year. For details, visit the course page on the Birmingham City University website.